Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 1660 vs Radeon R9 295X2
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1660
6144 Mb GDDR5
Released 15 Mar 2019
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon R9 295X2
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 29 Apr 2014
DESKTOP
Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 1660111%
- Radeon R9 295X2100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1660
- 11% higher gaming performance.
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
- Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 295X2
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 | Radeon R9 295X2 |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU116 () | Vesuvius (Vesuvius XT) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,600 million | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 20 | 44 |
| Core clock | 1530 MHz | 1018 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| TMUs | 80 | 176 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 | Radeon R9 295X2 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | 512 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1660 | Radeon R9 295X2 |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | 500 watts |
| Release Date | 15 Mar 2019 | 29 Apr 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 166085.68 GP/s
- Radeon R9 295X2130.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1660142.80 GT/s
- Radeon R9 295X2358.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 1660192.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 295X2640.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 16604570.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 295X211466.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 1660117
- Radeon R9 295X2124
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 166080
- Radeon R9 295X248
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 166073
- Radeon R9 295X2103
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 166055
- Radeon R9 295X239
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 166037
- Radeon R9 295X255
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 166029
- Radeon R9 295X223
FPS (higher is better)